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Caitlin Parrish and Erica Weiss’s ‘The Red Line’ explores a police shooting and its aftermath

“The Red Line” follows three Chicago families after a tragedy causes them all to consider how race and racial biases affect their lives. It begins after a white cop shoots and kills an unarmed African American doctor. “The Red Line” is based on their 2011 Chicago hit play “A Twist from Water.”